Ogun cultism court sentences Eiye member to 7 years in prison

The police charged Saheed with a count of belonging to an unlawful society.

The Magistrate, O.L Oke, said the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and that the 21-year-old defendant was guilty as charged.

Oke held that the evidence presented by the prosecution was tenable.

He, therefore, sentenced Saheed without an option of a fine.

The prosecutor said the defendant later made a confessional statement that he was a member of the Eiye Confraternity secret group.

Rawlings said that the offence contravened Sections 34 and 36 of the prohibition of forcible occupation of landed properties, Armed Robbery, Kidnapping, Cultism and other Anti Violence Related Matter Law, 2016.

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